SOLUTION: The admissions office wants to estimate the cost of textbooks for students at our college. Let the variable be the total cost of all textbooks purchased by a student this semester

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Question 731904: The admissions office wants to estimate the cost of textbooks for students at our college. Let the variable be the total cost of all textbooks purchased by a student this semester. The plan is to randomly identify 100 students and obtain their total textbook costs. The average cost for the 100 students will e used to estimate the average cost. A. Describe the parameter the admissions offices wishes to estimate.
a. Describe the population
b. Describe the variable involved
c. Describe the sample

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